Chapter 47 Siam Rice
Yang Zhen did not betray He Xi's trust.
The reason why the grain ship is a little later than before is not because of anything else. Because after the severe drought in Shandong, the court controlled food. It is no longer possible to purchase food from the country. Even if Yang Zhen has He Xi as the backstage, it can still be done with a little effort. But He Xi wants so much.
It's simply impossible to do.
Yang Zhen could only activate the backup plan. Just go to Annam, Siam, and other places to buy rice.
Although in later generations, this was the most important rice-producing area in the world, in this era, the most important grain-producing area in the world must be the Ming Dynasty. And not anywhere else. Of course, although they did not produce food in later generations, it does not mean that they did not produce food here.
There is just an order of magnitude difference.
Export food on a large scale. It will cause their internal food problems.
But it doesn't matter.
Because most nobles don't care about the life and death of the people below. They need Ming's goods. But over the past few years, they have used various hard currencies to purchase goods from the Ming Dynasty. In a state of overproduction, countries in Southeast Asia more or less found that they had no money to sell Ming Dynasty goods.
Of course, this situation is not obvious yet, although there are some goods that can be purchased in Daming. But in general, Ming Dynasty purchased very little in Nanyang. And less rice.
Such a large order this time made the nobles of Southeast Asian countries extremely happy. It's just that this is a new channel after all, and there will be a lot of messy things. It is normal to delay for some time.
However, Yang Zhen has tried his best to speed up.
After several months of running around. Yang Zhen finally saw Port Arthur in the distance.
Yang Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief. He secretly said: "It's finally here."
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He Xi took the chess record and was robbing himself in the yard.
Put your hope in others. This is a pattern that He Xi dislikes very much. He likes to take everything into his own hands and give himself the initiative. However, the world is like this, and there are many things that you simply cannot do on your own. In other words, unable to separate.
We can only wait for news.
This kind of suffering. It became increasingly difficult for He Xi to work. Take a rest today. He Xi was playing music in the pavilion in the yard. In fact, He Xi never cared about taking a rest or not. After all, He Xi has too much work. For people like him, there are no holidays at all.
At this point, He Xi seemed to be infected by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Now, He Xi felt that she was confused.
It is impossible to make decisions about many things, or it is easy to make wrong judgments at this time. He Xi just let go of everything. Come here to score. It looks like playing music, but in fact that's not what I'm thinking about.
Playing scores is to review the moves played by Go masters. It's hard to say it's difficult, it's easy to say it's simple.
Try to figure out why each step is so bad. The subtleties that connect both offense and defense. If you can really understand it thoroughly. Your chess skills will definitely increase greatly. Say it simply. It just means placing the black and white pieces on the chessboard in a certain order.
He Xi did the latter.
At this moment, he had no time to think about the subtleties between black and white. He seemed to be meditating while holding the chess pieces, but what he was thinking about was whether something would go wrong with the fleet. Is there something wrong with Yang Zhen?
What if the news leaks?
Waiting for all kinds of news.
At this time, concentration is most tested.
"Uncle." Zhu Xiongying trotted over and whispered: "Uncle, I heard a rumor outside that there is not much food in Shenyang Wei's granary. I applied for a supplement, but it didn't come back for several days. Some people wonder if there is no food in Liaodong. Food.”
He Xi's heart tightened after hearing this, and he suddenly felt his heartbeat speeding up a lot. He snorted, pointed a chess piece on the chessboard, and said, "I know."
Zhu Xiongying said: "Uncle, aren't you anxious?"
He Xi said: "Leave professional matters to professional people. Haven't you noticed that Mr. Yao has been very busy during this period? This is his business."
As mentioned before, this big secret cannot be kept secret. Although Yao Guangxiao checked and filled up the vacancies, rumors still spread. But generally speaking, no one has said that there will be no food in Liaodong as a whole. Firstly, He Xi has made a lot of money to distribute food in recent years. Secondly, these people have participated in the transportation of food during the Northern Expedition.
The mountains and seas of food were so shocking.
A mindset has also been formed. That is, there is no shortage of food in Liaodong.
Of course, the reason for this mindset is the large-scale land reclamation, the rapid growth of food production, and the accumulation of many materials in Liaodong, such as salt, cloth, coal, iron, etc. There are so many supplies, how can there be no food?
There is also Yao Guangxiao’s guidance of public opinion.
Zhu Xiongying was extremely anxious and said: "Uncle, the fleet from the south should have arrived. If this continues, this matter will be exposed. By then, the situation will be easy to handle."
He Xi was not in a hurry, it was just that he had settled down over the past few days, and was also in the midst of suffering, trying to make up his mind. He held a chess piece and pressed it. It seemed that he was playing a score, but He Xi didn't notice that he had already played two white stones in a row.
He Xi said: "To do big things, you must have determination, like you, no matter what you look like. Come here, you can write the score."
He Xi handed the chess record in his hand to Zhu Xiongying. Zhu Xiongying took it helplessly and said, "This has already become a big deal. Are you still like this?"
He Xi said: "In order to be a general, you must first heal your mind. Mount Tai collapses in front but does not change the color, elk rises to the left but does not blink. Then you can control your interests and wait for the enemy. Just collect your mind and calm down. Only then can we talk about doing big things."
"Yes." Although Zhu Xiongying didn't think about it at all, he picked up a chess piece casually.
Before he could make a move, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside.
"Sir." Yao Guangxiao strode over, holding a letter in his hand. Said: "I just got the news. The first batch of food has arrived at Lushun Port. It is all Siamese rice. There are more than 20 ships with a total of 150,000 dan. Moreover, according to Yang Zhen, this is the first batch , there are many more to come.”
He Xi stood up happily and grabbed the letter. After a few quick glances, I understood.
Yang Zhen knew that He Xi was anxious, so he took the first step. The grain ships of other companies are behind. And this time, everyone also showed their talents in purchasing, not only in Annan, but also in Siam. Some people also went to Java to purchase.
In short, most of them are Nanyang rice.
He Xi doesn't care where the rice is. As long as there is a steady stream of rice coming to Liaodong. This most important difficulty is over. He Xi said: "Let's set off immediately. I will go to Yingkou now and send orders for all the grain ships to come to Yingkou."
The reason why He Xi has been in Shenyang is to appease people's hearts. On the one hand, the aftermath of the Fushun Rebellion is still there. On the other hand, Shenyang is the core of Liaodong after all. If everything was normal, He Xi would have stayed in Shenyang for a longer time.
The arrival of these fleets not only means the arrival of food. It also means that it is time to ship large quantities of goods squeezed in Liaodong.
After all, although He Xi has been worrying about food during this period of time, except for the hidden worries about food, everything else is running normally. The output of fifteen million taels is enough.
He Xi must come forward for these things.
Coupled with such a long time, He Xi suffered deeply in her heart. I couldn't hold it in any longer at this moment.
When Zhu Xiongying saw He Xi, he didn't say hello and left. In essence, he was not very interested in business. He couldn't decide for a moment whether to go or not. He opened the chess book and looked at the chessboard carefully. He suddenly smiled and said to himself: "Why are you pretending to be a kid who has broken the thief?"
He discovered that the chess record was completely wrong. Several black men and white men made mistakes.
This kind of stupid mistake can be made by even children. It can be seen how absent-minded He Xi was at that time. For a moment, Zhu Xiongying felt extremely funny. Unknowingly, he also felt a trace of admiration for He Xi in his heart.
After all, the prince's presence in Zhu Xiongying's life for so many years was not very long. The role of father is absent in Zhu Xiongying.
